What to watch: No. 9 faces No. 10 Oregon in Kelly’s return
By JOHN MARSHALL
UCLA coach Chip Kelly is facing his former school this weekend.
Never have the stakes been this high.
No. 9 UCLA plays at No. 10 Oregon this Saturday in a game that will likely narrow the Pac-12′s College Football Playoff chances to two teams.
Kelly lost the first two games against Oregon, the team he led to the 2011 BCS national championship game, but takes a much better team with him to Autzen Stadium this year.
“It’s always special going back there, it’s a special place in my life and there’s a lot of great people there that had a profound impact on my life,” said Kelly, Oregon’s coach from 2009-12. “But I’m not playing the game. We’re totally focused.”
The Pac-12′s first top-10 matchup since 2018 will keep one Pac-12 team alive in the CF